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Joan Crawford (March 23, 1904 – May 10, 1977), born Lucille Fay LeSueur, was an American film and television actress who started as a dancer and stage chorine. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Crawford tenth on their list of the greatest female stars of Classic Hollywood Cinema.
Beginning her career as a dancer in travelling theatrical companies before debuting as a chorus girl on Broadway, Crawford signed a motion picture contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1925. In the 1930s, Crawford's fame rivaled, and later outlasted, MGM colleagues Norma Shearer and Greta Garbo. Crawford often played hard-working young women who find romance and success. These stories were well received by Depression-era audiences and were popular with women. Crawford became one of Hollywood's most prominent movie stars and one of the highest paid women in the United States, but her films began losing money, and, by the end of the 1930s, she was labelled "Box Office Poison". But her career gradually improved in the early 1940s, and she made a major comeback in 1945 by starring in Mildred Pierce, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. She would go on to receive Best Actress nominations for Possessed (1947) and Sudden Fear (1952).
Actors: Mark Gatiss (actor), Steve Pemberton (actor), Catherine Tate (actress), Jeremy Dyson (writer), Jeremy Dyson (director),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Michael Q. Schmidt (actor), Trisha Paytas (actress), Nikki Kelly (miscellaneous crew), Keith Glen Schubert (actor), Thomas Bingham (producer), Thomas Bingham (writer), Thomas Bingham (director), Siobhan Price (producer), David Wolf (actor), Les Savy Fav (composer), Jacob Vanorden (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Music, Short,Actors: Todd Verow (director), Barbara Hammer (producer), Todd Verow (writer), Barbara Hammer (director), Kristian Petersen (editor), Kristian Petersen (producer), Jörn Hartmann (miscellaneous crew), Kristian Petersen (director), Philly (actress), Abigail Child (editor), Abigail Child (writer), Abigail Child (director), Abigail Child (producer), Keith Levy (director), Sherry Vine (actress),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Dario Malchiodi (writer), Dario Malchiodi (actor), Alessandro Martini (actor), Alessandro Martini (writer), Margot Dasilva (writer), Mauro Giori (writer), Stentarelli Christian (actor),
Genres: Short,Actors: Horst Königstein (director), Horst Königstein (writer), Cas Enklaar (actor), Cas Enklaar (writer), Cas Enklaar (director), Hans-Peter Ströer (composer), Trude Possehl (actress), Roy Newquist (writer),
Genres: Documentary, Drama,Actors: Marshall Schlom (miscellaneous crew), Matthew Faison (actor), Henry Mancini (composer), Diana Scarwid (actress), Priscilla Pointer (actress), Steve Forrest (actor), Rutanya Alda (actress), Faye Dunaway (actress), Howard Da Silva (actor), Xander Berkeley (actor), Peter Jason (actor), Peter E. Berger (editor), Belita Moreno (actress), Michael Talbott (actor), Warren Munson (actor),
Plot: Based on the book about Joan Crawford, one of the great Hollywood actresses of our time, written by her adopted daughter Christina Crawford. Joan decides to adopt children of her own to fill a void in her life. Yet, her problems with alcohol, men, and the pressures of show business get in the way of her personal life, turning her into a mentally abusive wreck seen through the eyes of Christina and her brother Christopher, who unwillingly bore the burden of life that was unseen behind the closed doors of "The Most Beautiful House in Brentwood."
Keywords: 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, abuse, abusive-mother, abusive-parent, actress, adopted-daughter, adopted-sonActors: Franklyn Farnum (actor), Dudley Dickerson (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), Tom Dugan (actor), David Butler (actor), Frank Cady (actor), Irving Bacon (actor), Jack Carson (actor), Paul Bradley (actor), Edward Clark (actor), Gary Cooper (actor), Michael Curtiz (actor), Marcel De la Brosse (actor), Sayre Dearing (actor), Pat Flaherty (actor),
Plot: A waitress at the Warner Brothers commissary is anxious to break into pictures. She thinks her big break may have arrived when actors Jack Carson and Dennis Morgan agree to help her.
Keywords: faked-pregnancy, filmmaking, hollywood, studioActors: Jonathan Hale (actor), Paul Henreid (actor), Jack Carson (actor), Richard Erdman (actor), Alan Hale (actor), Victor Francen (actor), John Garfield (actor), James Flavin (actor), Dane Clark (actor), Joe E. Brown (actor), Jack Benny (actor), John Dehner (actor), Eddie Cantor (actor), Ralph Dunn (actor), Robert Hutton (actor),
Plot: Two soldiers on sick leave spend three nights at the Hollywood Canteen before going back to active duty. With a little friendly help from John Garfield, Slim gets to kiss Joan Leslie, who he has been dreaming about while in the Pacific. He meets her later at the Farmer's Market. On the third night, Slim is the millionth man into the Canteen, earning him a date with Joan. Slim thinks he's been duped when she doesn't show up at his train. Slim's buddy Sergant dances with Joan Crawford. Canteen President Bette Davis praises the canteen and the war effort. Virtually everyone Warners could spare entertains.
Keywords: dancing-horse, hollywood, hollywood-sign, hollywoodland, horse, kiss, obsessed-fan, purple-heart, shore-leave, soldierActors: Jack King (director), Clarence Nash (actor), Sara Berner (actress), Sara Berner (actress), Sara Berner (actress), Sara Berner (actress), Sara Berner (actress), Sara Berner (actress), Walt Disney (producer), Billy Bletcher (actor), Oliver Wallace (composer), Harry Reeves (writer),
Plot: Autograph hound Donald, despite the security guard, manages to get signatures from 'Greta Garbo' (qv), 'Mickey Rooney', 'Sonja Henie' (qv), The Ritz Brothers, and 'Shirley Temple' (qv) before he's recognized and everyone wants his autograph.
Keywords: 1930s, anthropomorphic-animal, anthropomorphism, celebrity-caricature, obsessed-fan, reference-to-the-marx-brothers, revolving-doorActors: Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher (actor), Warner Baxter (actor), Richard Barthelmess (actor), Wallace Beery (actor), El Brendel (actor), Joe E. Brown (actor), Charles Butterworth (actor), Matthew 'Stymie' Beard (actor), Maurice Chevalier (actor), Gary Cooper (actor), Richard Dix (actor), Pete the Dog (actor), Stuart Erwin (actor), Douglas Fairbanks Jr. (actor), William Haines (actor),
Plot: Star-packed promotional short subject intended to raise funds for the National Variety Artists tuberculosis sanatorium, produced in association with a cigarette company! Plot involves the investigation of the reported theft of Norma Shearer's jewelry.
Keywords: detective, dog, jewels, laurel-and-hardy, police-chief, police-sergeant, sergeantI switched of the comments because people where writing the most horrible things. Mainly readers that read the mommy dearest novel. A novel that is proven to be fictional many times and what was written by somebody that purely wanted attention. These comments where made by people that did not even watch the documentary. People talk as if they knew her. Well Surprise people you didn't. You don't know what she did. You hear things you read things but you can never know what is true. Why not watch this documentary and just shut up. And for those that can not shut up. I switched of the comments just for you.
See also: Bette Davis vs. Susan Sarandon: What Ever Happened to Baby Jane - https://youtu.be/jh3ajCslTZ4 --- // --- I'm more proud of this video than the one I did before. This one was more difficult for me to edit, but I like how some parts turns out. I can spot some mistakes and I simply dind't corrected them because, as I said, it was a difficult video (for me) to edit and I didn't want to start it from the beggining all over again.
Joan Crawford discusses Bette Davis What Ever Happened To Baby Jane? Feud FX Ryan Murphy Jessica Lange
This is from Mildred Pierce: The Criterion Collection, unfortunately not the full interview.
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Bette Davis talks to Bryant Gumbel about “What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?” and her legendary feud with actress Joan Crawford in this 1987 interview. » Subscribe to TODAY: http://on.today.com/SubscribeToTODAY » Watch the latest from TODAY: http://bit.ly/LatestTODAY About: TODAY brings you the latest headlines and expert tips on money, health and parenting. We wake up every morning to give you and your family all you need to start your day. If it matters to you, it matters to us. We are in the people business. Subscribe to our channel for exclusive TODAY archival footage & our original web series. Connect with TODAY Online! Visit TODAY's Website: http://on.today.com/ReadTODAY Find TODAY on Facebook: http://on.today.com/LikeTODAY Follow TODAY on Twitter: http://on.today.com/FollowTODAY F...
Joan reads her 1971 lifestyle book, with all the drama, glitz and glamour that can ONLY be Joan Crawford. See more Joan and other classic stars at http://facebook.com/OldHollywood
In a 1970 interview with David Frost, the legendary Joan Crawford dishes on how she was given her stage name. From Lucille Fay LeSueur, to Joan Arden, to Joan Crawford. She was forced to drop her real name Lucille LeSueur because it sounded too much like "sewer". She disliked her "new" name and initially encouraged others to pronounce it Jo-Anne Crawford. In private, she liked to be referred to as Billie.
Mommie Dearest movie clips: http://j.mp/15vK7c8 BUY THE MOVIE: http://amzn.to/seWJSu Don't miss the HOTTEST NEW TRAILERS: http://bit.ly/1u2y6pr CLIP DESCRIPTION: Joan (Faye Dunaway) reacts strongly when the Pepsi executives try to retire her from the board of directors. FILM DESCRIPTION: When her adoptive mother Joan Crawford died in 1977, erstwhile actress/author Christina Crawford and her brother Christopher were left out of Joan Crawford's will, "for reasons which are well known to them." Industryites have suggested that it may have been this posthumous act of rejection rather than an alleged lifetime of parental abuse that inspired Christina Crawford to pen her scathing autobiography Mommie Dearest. The 1981 film version of this tome was evidently meant to be taken seriously, but the...
A montage that I edited late 2010/early 2011. Was a viral hit, featured on several websites that include The Huffington Post, NY Mag, The Daily What, and critic Roger Ebert's blog. Also appeared on popular French television show, "L'Oeil de Links". Highly praised in particular by acclaimed filmmakers Edgar Wright and Sam Raimi: http://www.edgarwrighthere.com/2011/02/18/glove-actually/ Watch Part Two here: https://vimeo.com/41715318
Clips I compiled of Joan drinking heavily from the 1946 film "Humoresque".
Clips taken from the films "Mommie Dearest" and "Strait-Jacket". Music: "My Axe" by Insane Clown Posse Edited by Mister Surrealist. Copyright and content rights reserved to Sony Pictures Movies & Shows and Universal Music Group.
Aired January 2014 on TCM Editor: Michael Dangerfield Producer: Christian Hammann Sound Design: Reid Hall Song: "Girls Like You" by The Naked and Famous
I taste test Joan Crawford's recipe for French Banana Salad. It does not go well. The recipe can be found on my website, moviessilently.com. Music Credit: Investigations by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
by Philip Scott Johnson 80 Years of Female Actresses in Cinema Mary Pickford, Lillian Gish, Gloria Swanson, Marlene Dietrich, Norma Shearer, Ruth Chatterton, Jean Harlow, Katharine Hepburn, Carole Lombard, Bette Davis, Greta Garbo, Barbara Stanwyck, Vivien Leigh, Greer Garson, Hedy Lamarr, Rita Hayworth, Gene Tierney, Olivia de Havilland, Ingrid Bergman, Joan Crawford, Ginger Rogers, Loretta Young, Deborah Kerr, Judy Garland, Anne Baxter, Lauren Bacall, Susan Hayward, Ava Gardner, Marilyn Monroe, Grace Kelly, Lana Turner, Elizabeth Taylor, Kim Novak, Audrey Hepburn, Dorothy Dandridge, Shirley MacLaine, Natalie Wood, Rita Moreno, Janet Leigh, Brigitte Bardot, Sophia Loren, Ann Margret, Julie Andrews, Raquel Welch, Tuesday Weld, Jane Fonda, Julie Christie, Faye Dunaway, Catherine Deneuve, ...
In this gothic melodrama, Joan Crawford and Bette Davis perpetually wake to find themselves haunted by their own apparitions and terrorized by markers of time. Isolated in their own screen space, each woman struggles to reclaim time from the gendered discourses of aging that conflates older women with a sense of expiration and invisibility. The Time that Remains is the third work in the Dark Matter series, an ongoing cycle of video installations that are concerned with personal and historical experiences of time, and how these relations are mediated by screen technologies. Begun in 2005, each work in this series takes the form of a séance fiction where encounters are staged between the past and future selves of a deceased screen star. Materials: Humoresque (1946), Hush... Hush, Sweet Ch...
I switched of the comments because people where writing the most horrible things. Mainly readers that read the mommy dearest novel. A novel that is proven to be fictional many times and what was written by somebody that purely wanted attention. These comments where made by people that did not even watch the documentary. People talk as if they knew her. Well Surprise people you didn't. You don't know what she did. You hear things you read things but you can never know what is true. Why not watch this documentary and just shut up. And for those that can not shut up. I switched of the comments just for you.
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Joan reads her 1971 lifestyle book, with all the drama, glitz and glamour that can ONLY be Joan Crawford. See more Joan and other classic stars at http://facebook.com/OldHollywood
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Folhas Mortas Autumn Leaves 1956 Joan Crawford, Cliff Robertson & Vera Miles. Folhas Mortas ( 1947 - Les Feuilles Mortes, música de Joseph Kosma e poesia de Jacques Prevert, versão em inglês Autumn Leaves de Johnny Mercer) . Autumn Leaves (1956)
A documentary about Joan Crawford. Made for the BBC in 1978. For more information about Joan Crawford visit, The Concluding Chapter Of Crawford www.TheConcludingChapterOfCrawford.com Follow Us On Facebook! www.Facebook.com/TheConcludingChapterOfCrawford
Joan Crawford and Walter Huston give powerful performances in this drama directed by Lewis Milestone. Controversial for its time, the film tells the story of prostitute Sadie Thompson and the lustful preacher who tries to 'save her' when their ship makes an unscheduled stop over on the South Sea island of Pago Pago.
NOTE: The contestant in the last round is Sasha Burland, composer of the WML theme song used from 1957 on. MYSTERY GUEST: Wilt Chamberlain; Joan Crawford PANEL: Dorothy Kilgallen, Joey Bishop, Arlene Francis, Bennett Cerf ---------------------------------- Join our Facebook group for WML-- great discussions, photos, etc, and great people! https://www.facebook.com/groups/728471287199862/ Please click here to subscribe to the WML channel if you haven't already-- you'll find the complete CBS series already posted, and you'll be able to follow along the discussions on the weekday "rerun" videos: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UChPE75Fvvl1HmdAsO7Nzb8w?sub_confirmation=1
This is from Mildred Pierce: The Criterion Collection, unfortunately not the full interview.
Interviewed by Philip Jenkinson, the Queen Of Hollywood, Joan Crawford, talks about everything from her marriages to her Academy-Award winning performance in, Mildred Pierce, to her collaboration with rival, Bette Davis in, "Whatever Happened To Baby Jane?" This is a MUST SEE for any Joan Crawford fan! Please rate, comment, and SUBSCRIBE! I do not own the copyrights for this file.
In a 1970 interview with David Frost, the legendary Joan Crawford dishes on how she was given her stage name. From Lucille Fay LeSueur, to Joan Arden, to Joan Crawford. She was forced to drop her real name Lucille LeSueur because it sounded too much like "sewer". She disliked her "new" name and initially encouraged others to pronounce it Jo-Anne Crawford. In private, she liked to be referred to as Billie.
To Learn More About Joan Crawford, Visit: The Concluding Chapter Of Crawford www.TheConcludingChapterOfCrawford.com
Bette Davis talks to Bryant Gumbel about “What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?” and her legendary feud with actress Joan Crawford in this 1987 interview. » Subscribe to TODAY: http://on.today.com/SubscribeToTODAY » Watch the latest from TODAY: http://bit.ly/LatestTODAY About: TODAY brings you the latest headlines and expert tips on money, health and parenting. We wake up every morning to give you and your family all you need to start your day. If it matters to you, it matters to us. We are in the people business. Subscribe to our channel for exclusive TODAY archival footage & our original web series. Connect with TODAY Online! Visit TODAY's Website: http://on.today.com/ReadTODAY Find TODAY on Facebook: http://on.today.com/LikeTODAY Follow TODAY on Twitter: http://on.today.com/FollowTODAY F...
Bette Davis on Joan Crawford - Interview 1969 San Francisco Film Festival Please note that FILM DIALOGUE does not hold the copyright for this video. It is on display for EDUCATIONAL AND ACADEMIC FILM RESEARCH PURPOSE ONLY. FILM DIALOGUE is a forum for research and education in film history.
MYSTERY GUEST: Joan Crawford PANEL: Dorothy Kilgallen, Tony Randall, Arlene Francis, Bennett Cerf
Joan Crawford feeling no pain, just in off plane in 1968. She has her leg in a cast and is very candid.
Junkies down in Brooklyn are going crazy
They're laughing just like hungry dogs in the street
Policemen are hiding behind the skirts of little girls
Their eyes have turned the color of frozen meat
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no-no, no, no, no
Joan Crawford has risen from the grave
Joan Crawford has risen from the grave
Catholic school girls have thrown away their mascara
They chain themselves to the axles of big Mac trucks
The sky is filled with herds of shivering angels
The fat lady laughs, "Gentlemen, start your trucks"
Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no-no, no, no, no
Joan Crawford has risen from the grave
Joan Crawford has risen from the grave
(Christina)
(Mother's home)
(Christina)
(Come to mother)
(Christina)
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no-no, no, no, no
Joan Crawford has risen from the grave
Joan Crawford has risen from the grave
Joan Crawford has risen from the grave
Joan Crawford has risen from the grave
Joan Crawford has risen from the grave
Joan Crawford has risen from the grave
Joan Crawford has risen from the grave